Southern Company (SO)

45.93 +0.02  +0.04%  Jun 01, 5:20PM Go Pro
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Key Stats

Market Cap 39.59B
Revenue Growth -10.17%
Profit Margin 10.21%
Earnings Yield 5.40%
Dividend Yield 4.30%
Earnings Per Share TTM 2.48
PE Ratio 18.52
Price / Sales Ratio 2.295
52 Week High 46.69
52 Week Low 35.73
Beta 0.2779
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6:12PM The World's Best Dividend Portfolio Fool
1:08PM Sector Snap: Utilities
11:30AM Southern Company Earnings – Beyond The Headlines Fool
11:12AM Watchdog: Southern nuke plant will exceed budget
9:30AM Can These Stocks Afford to Pay Their Dividends? Fool
9:05AM Google’s Chairman Schmidt Among Top Insiders Trading Their Stock This Week
8:27 AM $SO Insider Sale: $3.9M of stock sold by Anthony Topazi on May 31, 2012 http://stks.co/43wY by MarketBrief
May 31 Southern’s Nuclear Construction Faces Added Delays, Monitor Says
May 31 This Is What the Death of Coal Looks Like Fool
May 31 $SO Insider Sale: $1.9M of stock sold by Anthony Topazi on May 30, 2012 http://stks.co/433q by MarketBrief
May 30 $ABT $CL $CVS $DIS $PEP $SO $VZ $WMT Holding will in S&P500 by vjtweet
May 27 Oddly with that utiliies looking a bit toppy $D $DUK $FE $HE $PGN $SO by harmongreg
May 21 U.S. Utilities With Big Overseas Operations Offer Growth Along With Income http://stks.co/3v2n $SO $DUK $AES $PPL by ycharts

Profile

Exchange: NYSE       Sector: Utilities       Industry: Electric Utilities

Southern Company is a public utility holding company of primarily electric utilities in the southern United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with executive offices also located in Birmingham, Alabama. The company is currently the 16th largest utility company in the world and the fourth largest in the U.S. Through its subsidiaries it owns and operates more than 42,000 megawatts of generation capacity and serves 4.3 million customers in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. Southern Company's regulated regional electric utilities serve a 120,000-square-mile territory with 27,000 miles of distribution lines. Southern Company was founded in 1945.

1 Year Total Return Performance

This total returns chart shows the returns to an investor from both price appreciation and dividends (dividends are assumed to be reinvested). Southern Company is up 20.96% over the last year vs S&P 500 Total Return down 0.41%, Duke Energy Corporation up 26.29%, and Dominion Resources up 13.81%.

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Fundamentals

Fundamental analysis of a business involves analyzing its financial statements and health, its management and competitive advantages. The key financial statements of a company are the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement.

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Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
SO 45.93 +0.02 +0.04% 39.57B
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SGOL 160.51 +5.92 +3.83%
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